Buggy-boot.



No. 709,560. Patented Sep. 23, |902. y

J. W. SIMMONS.

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(Application sled Apr, s, 1902., (No Mode'l.)

UNITED rrn'rns l ATENT rricn.

JAMES W. SIMMONS, OF BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA.

BUGGY-BOOT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 709,560, dated September 23, 1902.

Application filed .April 3, 1902. Serial No. 101,201.

To LZ/f wtont t may concern:

Be it known that LJAMns W. SIMMONS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bloomington, in the county of Monroe and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Buggy-Boots, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of my invention is to enable thin-board material to be used for a buggy boot by a construction of the boot which will prevent the board from 'warping and render the boot durable, rigid, and light.

Further objects are to render the bindingframe for the Wooden boot adjustable to adapt it readily to a boot of any required dimensions, thereby avoiding any necessity on the part of the manufacturer or dealer of keeping in stock more than one size of bindingframe for the different sizes of boots for which there is demand, and to render convenient and comparatively easy the matter of fastening the boot in place on a buggy-box and that of removing from a buggy a broken or injured boot to be replaced by a new one.

Myimprovements are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure l is a View in longitudinal sectional elevation of a buggy-box provided with my improved boot; Fig. 2, a perspective view of the entire boot, but Without its covering and with the hinged riser shown disconnected from the boot proper; Fig. 3, a broken section taken at the line on Fig. 2 viewed in the direction of the arrow and enlarged; Fig. 4f, a broken section taken at the line-i on Fig. 3 and viewed in the direction of the arrow, and Fig. 5 a broken section taken at the line 5 on Fig. 2 viewed in the direction of the arrow and enlarged. 4

The boot comprises the boot proper, A, and the riser B, hinged to one edge thereof, each being formed of thin board with a binding on the edges, as hereinafter described. The preferred construction of both the edge binding for the part A and for the riser B is that of telescopically-adjustable sections formed of sheet-metal strips folded into approximate U shape in cross-section each lengthwise upon itself to enable them to be extended and contracted longitudinally to conform to the different dimensions of buggy-boots. The binding for each of the boot edges comprises, by

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preference, only two of the telescoping sections, though it may be composed of a greater number of such sections, if desired. Thus the binding C for the rear edge of the boot is composed ofthe sections a and a', each formed of a strip of sheet metal, preferably about two inches in Width, bent lengthwise upon itself in a suitable die to produce the tubular bead a2 and rentrant shoulder 0,3. To cause the m utually-overlapping sections of my improved binding to conform accurately to each other and fitsnugly onewithin the other,Iform them in practice together by subjecting them simultaneously While imposed one upon the other to the action of the forming-die. The binding C at each lateral edge of the boot proper, A, is formed of sections (t d', like those forming the binding C, and the binding C2 at each lateral edge of the riser B may be of similar form, though I commonly prefer to make it of ordinary U shape in cross-section without any edge-reinforcing bead. l

To apply my improved binding-frame to a boot of any dimensions, the sections d d for each edge to be bound are applied to it in a manner to embrace it, the Width of the binding being preferably sufficient to cover the board on each side to the extent of about one inch from its edge. The binding being thus applied, the sections are adjusted by telescopically extending or contracting them relatively to the length required When they are fastened in their endwise overlapping condition, as by tacks at intervals, to the board, as represented. To reinforce the binding about the edges of the part A at the corners against jamming or other injury, I insert into the ends of the beads a2 at each corner the legs b IJ of a metal rod b, bent to a right angle to leave the curved central section b2 forming a rounded corner. If desired, the rod ZJ may be continuous to extend throughout the entire binding C C'.

The riser B is iiexibly connected with the inner edge of the part A, as by hinges c, and the Whole boot is covered to finish it, as by means of a covering D of oil-cloth, leather, or other suitable material, underneath vwhich is the binding, which greatly adds to the nish of the boot, besides rendering it substantial.

The matter of securing the boot in its properly-adj listed position on a buggy-box is one which has hitherto been attended with great inconvenience and considerable difculty, since the riser has been required to beinserted at a iap projecting from its upper edge into a narrow space beneath the back of the buggy-seat, where it is veryinconven-- iently accessible for tacking it, the Workman being required to direct his vision and use his hands in the box under the seat. This fastening of the boot has been hitherto so difficult that where a broken boot has been required to be removed for replacement by a perfect one it has been practically necessary to first remove the buggy-seat to render it possible to do the work properly, thereby consuming much time and adding materially to the expense of a new buggy-boot. To avoid these difficulties, I provide near each lateral edge of the riser a depending` leg E of sheet metal, preferably flaring in a downward direction, as represented in Fig. 1, and extending at its upper end from underneath the bindings C2 C2 to be fastened by the tacks which fasten them to the riser. The legs E bear against the inner sides of the buggy-box F, `so that they afford stops for guidance in properly adjusting the boot in place and shoulders against its lateral displacelnent, and they may be securely fastened, as indicated at .fr in Fig. l, to the box-sill d or to the inner sides of the box, which is conveniently accessible both for fastening and unfastening, either operation requiring only a few minutes of time.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a buggy-boot, the combination of the boot proper formed of thin board material, and an edge binding on said board formed of endWise-overlapping sheet-metal sections of general U shape in cross-section and provided with tubular beaded edges, substantially as described.

2. In a buggy-boot, the combination of the boot proper formed of thin board material,

and an edge binding on said board formed of endwise-overlapping sheet-metal sections of general U shape in cross-section and provided with tubular beaded edges and shoulders on one side, substantially as described.

3. In a buggy-boot, the combination of the boot proper formed of thin board material, a binding on each of the lateral edges and the rear edge of the board formed of endwiseoverlapping sheet-metal sections of general U shape in cross-section and provided with tubular beaded edges, and one or more angular reinforcing-rodsextendingin said beads and presenting rounded corners at the corners of the frame formed by said binding, substantially as described.

4. In a buggy-boot, the combination of the boot proper formed of thin board material, a binding on each of the lateral edges and the rear edge of the board formed of endwiseoverlappng sheet-metal sections of general U shape in cross-section and provided with tubular beaded edges and shoulders on one side, and an angular rod at each corner of the frame formed by the binding, having its legs extended into the tubular beads thereof and presenting rounded corners between the adjacent ends of the frame-sections, substantially as described.

5. In a buggy-boot, the combination with a metal-bound boot proper formed of thin board material, of a riser provided near its opposite ends with depending legs to fit against the inner sides of a buggy-box and adapted to be fastened thereto, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. In a buggy-boot, the combination with a metal-bound boot proper formed of thin board material, of a riser formedof said material and provided with a sheet-metal binding on each lateral edge, and a Haring sheet-metal leg near each said edge of the riser fastened at its upper end under the binding and depending to fit against an inner side of a buggybox and adapt it to be fastened thereto, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JAMES W. SIMMONS.

In presence of- W. H. DYRENFORTH, ALBERT D. BACCI.. 

